Tag: students with disabilities

The Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Early Learning and its partner – the National Implementation Research Network – were recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching at a Spotlight Symposium Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.

Kentucky’s arts accessibility partners will host the second Cultural Accessibility Summit March 30 at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green. The event is a day of learning and discussion about inclusive arts environments.

At a recent adaptive recreation training, teachers learned how physical education classes can be adapted to include students with disabilities, and at the same time break down walls between differently abled students.

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